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tousing

tousing is the present participle and gerund of touse.

Meaning of touse

Verb

touse (third-person singular simple present touses, present participle tousing, simple past and past participle toused)

  1. (transitive) To rumple, tousle.
  2. (transitive) To pull to pieces.
    • His tongue troules like a Mill-clack: a towzes the Lady ſiſters, as a tumbling Dog does young Rabets; […]c. 1635–1636 (date written), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Fancies, Chast and Noble: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seile, […], published 1638, →OCLC, Act III, page 39

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Questions about tousing

What is tousing the present participle and gerund of?
Tousing is the present participle and gerund of touse.

Words near tousing in the dictionary

  1. touser
  2. tousers
  3. touses
  4. Tousignant
  5. Tousignants
  6. tousing
  7. tousle
  8. tousle-haired
  9. tousle-headed
  10. tousled
  11. touslement

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